CONTENTS:

Sharing Experiences: News from Health Professionals across the EU:

  • Mental Health Services for Homeless in Cork: Patient profile and Factors associated with Suicide and
    Homicide, by E. Dunne, M. Duggan and J. O'Mahony
  • Tuberculosis in sheltered homeless population of Rome: an integrated model of recruitment for risk management, by P. Laurenti, S. Bruno, G. Quaranta, G. La Torre, A. G Cairo, P. Nardella, G. Delogu, G. Fadda, T. Pirronti, S. Geraci, S. Pelargonio, F. N Lauria, D. Goletti, G. Ricciardi
  • Service provision and quality of care for homeless people with mental health problems in Europe, by R. Canavan
  • Homeless SMS: the information support service for homeless people using text message and social media, by W. Brayne and O. Kwon
  • Disfunciones entre los ámbitos de salud y social. Afectación sobreel abordaje de la enfermedad en las personas sin hogar en Catalunya, by Joan Uribe Vilarrodona

Resources:

  • Access to Health Care for Vulnerable Groups in the European Union in 2012, by N. Simonnot
  • EPHA annual conference 2012 - Restructuring health systems: How to promote health in times of austerity, by A. Hoël
  • Hidden health needs of homeless young people: key considerations for health commissioners
  • Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring in Europe 2012 – ECDC report
  • Alcohol in the European Union. Consumption, harm and policy approaches – WHO report
  • Making It Matter: Improving the Health of Young Homeless People
  • The Prevalence of Traumatic Brain Injury in the Homeless Community in a UK City - a briefing
  • Environmental health inequalities in Europe – WHO assessment report
  • Improving hospital admission and discharge for people who are homeless